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Hi Bridget,
I see what you mean, here. But the prefix "de" doesn't always convey a privative function as e.g. in depreciation or degradation. If you take deflagration or deambulation (and many others, straight from Latin), the prefix rather implies a prolonged, exhaustive or repetitive action, and this is the case with desiccation. I felt concerned because in chemistry we do quite a lot of desiccation.
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Bridget 09/12/00 10:43 AM Re: Dried words
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